Students in the capital city of Hanoi will take their summer break from May 15, instead of May 28.

The Swiss Party of Labour has expressed its solidarity with Vietnamese-French woman Tran To Nga and all Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims of Vietnam after a French court rejected Nga’s lawsuit seeking justice for the victims.

VOV.VN - Four out of the five Vietnamese students competing at the Nordic-Baltic Physics Olympiad (NBPhO) have won medals, including one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to launch the third phase of its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign over the coming days in an effort to increase the amount of local people being vaccinated against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has confirmed an additional 16 locally transmitted infections in five localities during the past six hours, according to its coronavirus update released at 12.00am.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Bac Ninh, a coronavirus hotspot close to Hanoi capital, announced on May 14 it has recorded 21 new cases during the past hours, raising the 10-day infection number in the locality to 162.

Nepalese newswire peoplesreview.com.np on May 12 ran an article praising Vietnam’s decisive steps to minimise both health and economic outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi authorities have ordered 19 local hotels which provide COVID-19 quarantine services to install surveillance cameras for better monitoring.

The Vietnamese community is joining hands with the government as well as cities and provinces of Laos in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Fukuroi city in Japan Kinji Mizutani discussed ways to deal with the shortage of labourers caused by COVID-19 pandemic in Japan during their recent talks.

VOV.VN - Fifty-two foreigners who illegally entered Ho Chi Minh City have been deported, according to the HCM City police.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) said on May 14 morning that 29 Vietnamese people in four localities have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past six hours, while nearly 1 million people have been vaccinated against the virus.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a total of 73 new cases of local transmission and 14 imported infections on May 13, said the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s COVID-19 testing capacity has been significantly improved, with several laboratories across the country capable of handling up to 100,000 samples per day, according to figures given by representatives from the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - More than 12,400 samples taken from F1 and F2 cases linked to various novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in a number of Vietnamese localities such as Da Nang, Son La, Da Nang, and Can Tho have come back negative for the SARS-CoV-2-virus.

VOV.VN - Beer bars and bia hoi venues across Hanoi have been left deserted following the implementation of a ban issued by the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - An additional 21 cases of local transmission were confirmed by the Ministry of Health during the six hours to midday May 13, raising the total number of locally-infected cases to 664 since the virus resurged in the nation on April 27.

The US Mission to Vietnam is seeking candidates for the Fall 2021 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship on civic engagement, environmental issues and natural resource management, and social entrepreneurship and economic development.

VOV.VN - Waste disposal is an essential part of ensuring a hygienic environment in isolation areas in the coronavirus hotspot of Thuan Thanh district in the northern province of Bac Ninh and is one of the important factors in effectively curbing the disease spread.

VOV.VN - Owners of eateries located close to hospitals throughout the capital city will only be permitted to do take-away services, with this regulation set to be strictly implementing as part of the Health Ministry’s additional COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

VOV.VN - The Belgian-based multinational conglomerate Menart is currently working alongside the Vietnamese industrial developer Sonadezi Corporation to build a waste treatment plant in Vinh Cuu district in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VOV.VN - Close to 1.7 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine are due to arrive in the country on May 16, with the latest shipment being supplied by the COVAX Facility via the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Center for Disease Control (HCDC) has identified four new cases diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus related to flight VN160 on April 29, the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and an outbreak in the capital’s Thanh Xuan district, according to the Hanoi Health Department.

A delegation of representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on May 12 visited and extended greetings to several local Buddhist establishments ahead of Lord Buddha’s 2565th birthday.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Association on May 12 presented VND500 million (roughly US$21,680) to the Cambodian Embassy in Vietnam to support Cambodian people in their fight against COVID-19.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) has issued a statement regarding a French court’s May 10 ruling on Vietnamese-French citizen Tran To Nga’s lawsuit against US firms that manufactured the toxic AO defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 33 new local infections, with all in quarantine areas, and two additional imported cases in Long An and An Giang provinces on May 13 morning, according to the Health Ministry.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested that all measures be enhanced to ensure flight safety following recent cases of lasers being pointed at cockpits and objects like flycams, drones, and kites being flown near airports.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a further 30 coronavirus cases in four localities during the past six hours, raising Vietnam’s 18-hour infection number to 82.

VOV.VN - Hanoi authorities has dissolved makeshift markets and swiftly informed citizens of the need to strictly implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures due to the complicated nature of the pandemic nationwide.